Judges Nada Dakroub and Habib Rizkallah have been elected ex officio as members of the Higher Judicial Council following a vote held on Thursday at the Palace of Justice in Beirut.
Judge Dakroub now presides over the Eighth Chamber of the Court of Cassation, while Judge Rizkallah heads the Ninth Chamber. They join the Council for a three-year term, in accordance with applicable legal provisions.
The election was held at the invitation of the First President of the Court of Cassation, Judge Souheil Abboud, in the presence of the electoral body, which includes the chamber presidents and both titular and substitute judges of the Court of Cassation, as defined by Decree No. 8785 of September 27, 2002.
According to this decree, every chamber president is by default a candidate in the election, unless they declare otherwise or are subject to non-renewal restrictions.
The Higher Judicial Council will soon be completed by a presidential decree appointing its tenth member.
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